he gets me every time
Apr. 7th, 2005 12:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somedaybitchthe episode of West Wing where they bury Mrs Landingham. the scene in the National Cathedral where he has the secret service seal the building and he proceeds to tell God to, well, fuck off. to a Catholic that kind of temerity is risking a large lightening strike...and yet...
it's horrifying because his grief is so naked. his anger so justified....and yet...
"What was Josh? A warning shot? He's my *son*. What have I ever done to Yours but praise Him."
ouch.
and the backstory of his relationship with her, interwoven with the not!relationship with his father, interwoven with the love hate relationship he has with his God, interwoven with whether he decides to run again or not, interwoven with the mysticism of that great once-in-a-lifetime tropical storm that hits DC on the same day, and it leaves when she does.
and then the scene where he talks to Mrs Landingham again...after they've buried her. the woman who essentially raised him, in all the ways that matter. and now he has to do it all alone. and then the title track from Brothers In Arms. and the shot of just their feet coming down the hallway with just a little squeak of light for reflection. And then the question. And then the hands in the pocket and that little smile.
bloody hell, that's good television.
p.s...and I don't care what anyone says. Isaac and Ishmael is a great episode.
and i wanna be on Josh's list.
it's horrifying because his grief is so naked. his anger so justified....and yet...
"What was Josh? A warning shot? He's my *son*. What have I ever done to Yours but praise Him."
ouch.
and the backstory of his relationship with her, interwoven with the not!relationship with his father, interwoven with the love hate relationship he has with his God, interwoven with whether he decides to run again or not, interwoven with the mysticism of that great once-in-a-lifetime tropical storm that hits DC on the same day, and it leaves when she does.
and then the scene where he talks to Mrs Landingham again...after they've buried her. the woman who essentially raised him, in all the ways that matter. and now he has to do it all alone. and then the title track from Brothers In Arms. and the shot of just their feet coming down the hallway with just a little squeak of light for reflection. And then the question. And then the hands in the pocket and that little smile.
bloody hell, that's good television.
p.s...and I don't care what anyone says. Isaac and Ishmael is a great episode.
and i wanna be on Josh's list.
